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  1. Best Colour Match

    I have some avery silver metallic. Are you saying I can print on the silver metallic, if so, I never knew that? My plan was to print on the oracal white digital media, a gold colour onto black.
  2. Best Colour Match

    I am printing a logo on my roland sp300i and I am trying to match as best I can to a metallic colour. It is quite small so I can probably get away with it. I don't want it layered with regular vinyl so I am just looking for a colour similar to Avery's light gold metallic or or oracals brass...
  3. Type of Substrate To Use

    Does the alumacore come in 12 mm? He wants it in 1/2" and I can only find it in 10mm.
  4. Longer Lasting Signs

    Some villages have more vandelism to the signs. Guessing some are replaced 3 years or so. I notice the 4mm get bent but I have since switched to 6mm.
  5. Type of Substrate To Use

    Awesome, thanks so much.
  6. Longer Lasting Signs

    I make the village signs in the surrounding villages. I use black alupanel, 6mm, 28" x 48". They have reflective lettering. Gold reflective for the border and plain type and for the village name I print a burgundy shadow on white reflective and laminate it. Is there a better way to be doing this...
  7. Type of Substrate To Use

    I have a customer who needs a 4x8 double sided basic sign with vinyl and printed logos. He is getting a metal frame welded so it should be protected on all sides, it will have a 1/2" lip/track for the sign insert. He is very worried about any rotting and doesnt want to be replacing it. He likes...
  8. Please help on this font!

    1st Heavy B or Helvetia bold? 2nd Euro?
  9. Internet Sites for Vector Art

    Wow...thanks for the help MOSH!
  10. Internet Sites for Vector Art

    I am looking for some good internet sites for clipart, backgrounds, etc. to print digitaly. I have been getting alot of customers lately who send me business card background layouts from the many online print shops or I get crappy internet pictures. Thanks.
  11. Wholesale Pricing

    Yes, I am a sign business. I do prints for them since they don't have a printer and they mark it up for their customers. I charge by the sq ft.
  12. Wholesale Pricing

    I have a customer who owns a sign business and I do prints for them on a Roland sp300i using ecosolvent inks on orajet vinyl with lamination and contour cuts. I was wondering if I am charging enough? Could someone give me an idea of what they charge for prints? I use orajet 290 cast with the...
  13. Roland Sp 300i Printing Problems

    I will try all of that. I was also told to dab the sponges lightly by the place I purchased it from...Ugghhh. Another thing, should I be downloading the versaworks uploads often? I have never done this in the 4 years.
  14. Roland Sp 300i Printing Problems

    Great. I will try that. Printer is about 4 yrs old. I do have some ink buildup on the wiper, ordered and waiting for new one, cld that just be the problem rather than replacing head. I hope so. Thanks in advance.
  15. Roland Sp 300i Printing Problems

    Still need help Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  16. Roland Sp 300i Printing Problems

    Yes, i clean the bottom of the print heads with solution and the caps too, just as it was shown to us. Would i have transferred the ink on each of them while cleaning. I did a second clean as well.
  17. Roland Sp 300i Printing Problems

    Here it is. The one wiper does have a build up. I ordered 1 already hoping it is the problem. It printed fine before i cleaned it but was due for cleaning. Thnx
  18. Roland Sp 300i Printing Problems

    I jut finished a manual clean on my printer as I have one many times before. I sent something to print and as you can see in the photo my problem. I recleaned it and also put it through a medium clean. Any idea what is causing this? Thanks.
  19. Banner Material to Use?

    I have been looking into different banner materials to print on, dbl. sided with a Roland sp 300i. I am looking to find out what type of banner material that is used to hang vertically from light posts, etc. That you see in cities promoting the town. These will be hung out for years...if...
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